From Secrecy to Surrogacy
Attitudes Toward Adoption in Australian Womens Journals 1947–1987
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11229191 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Juliet Harper (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1992 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 3-16 |
| Publication date | 1992-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Australian Journal of Social Issues (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0157-6321 • E-ISSN: 1839-4655 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/j.1839-4655.1992.tb00899.x |
| OpenAlex | W2561626180 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
This study of social attitudes to adoption as reflected in Australian women's journals over a forty year period indicates that secrecy has given way to more open acknowledgement of adoptive status and access to original birth records at 18 years in all Australian states. However, while there have been changes in official social welfare policies, the notion of entitlement to a child by a couple still prevails. Despite a more liberal approach towards single parenthood, there remains a strong underlying feeling that the single pregnant female should give up her child so as to allow an infertile couple to create a family
Acknowledgement · Economics · Entitlement (fair division · Feeling · Political science · Project commissioning · Publishing · Reproductive technology · Secrecy · Social Welfare · Sociology · Welfare · Australian History and Society · Child Welfare and Adoption · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,08 |
| Citation span | 2001 - 2001 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |